The Ottawa Senators are giving one of their prospects a taste of professional hockey.
The team signed forward Blake Montgomery on a three-year, entry-level contract on Wednesday. The deal is set to kick in at the start of the 2026-27 season.
Montgomery will join the AHL’s Belleville Senators on an amateur tryout agreement.
The 20-year-old makes the jump to the pro ranks just days after a run in the NCAA tournament with the University of Wisconsin, which ended when the Badgers fell 2-1 to the Denver Pioneers in the national championship final.
In 37 games with the Badgers this season, he posted nine goals and 17 points.
Selected by Ottawa in the fourth round of the 2024 NHL Draft, Montgomery spent one season in the OHL with the London Knights. He tallied 50 points in 51 games and helped lead the Knights to a Memorial Cup championship.